Is there any way to speed along night training?

[Anonymous]

Our pediatrician said age 8 is when they’d start to seriously consider alarms etc. Perhaps get a second opinion?

[Anonymous]

Is his diaper still very wet in the morning? I was a deep sleeper and had occasional accidents until at least 10. Best thing is to be patient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my pediatrician recommended stopping all diapers/pull ups once my kids were "day trained", at night. Both my kids were 3 years old, we had two annoying weeks where they wet the bed often but then they figured it out and haven't had accidents since. They are now 7 and 10.

I definitely think parents (and some pediatricians?) are creating a problem by encouraging pull ups so far into childhood.

And some pediatricians are apparently not trained enough to be dispensing advice. Day and night readiness are completely different and its not statistically likely for a 3 year old to be able to hold their pee all night.
"https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15075-bedwetting

There are lots of reasons why nighttime urination occurs and has nothing to do with whether they are trained for daytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my pediatrician recommended stopping all diapers/pull ups once my kids were "day trained", at night. Both my kids were 3 years old, we had two annoying weeks where they wet the bed often but then they figured it out and haven't had accidents since. They are now 7 and 10.

I definitely think parents (and some pediatricians?) are creating a problem by encouraging pull ups so far into childhood.

And some pediatricians are apparently not trained enough to be dispensing advice. Day and night readiness are completely different and its not statistically likely for a 3 year old to be able to hold their pee all night.
"https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15075-bedwetting

There are lots of reasons why nighttime urination occurs and has nothing to do with whether they are trained for daytime.

I don't see where the page you linked says this. Lots of 3 years are night-trained. It's fine if they are not, but to say its "not statistically likely" seems false. The only statistic the page gives is to say that 30% of kids 7 and under still have night wetting.

[Anonymous]

OP here. To answer some of your questions, yes his pull-up is full in the morning. He does dress himself and brings his diaper downstairs to put it in the main trash.(most of the time, he's 7 so . . .)

I was just asking the question because I want him to be able to participate in sleep-overs and hopefully, next summer (2025) go to overnight camp for 2 weeks.

I like the suggestion of underwear inside the pull-up. It may not work because the few times that we've forgotten the pull-up he wakes up wet.

If that doesn't work, I will look into one of the alarms.

[Anonymous]

If he’s still waking up with it full than he might just not be ready and honestly that’s okay. I would still let him do the sleepovers. Lots of kids are in the same situation. I don’t recommend alarms, it’s more important that he gets a good sleep and is well rested.

[Anonymous]

How is he doing now? Has he had a chance for a sleepover?

[Anonymous]

Mine finally got it at 7.5 (even though we had tried all these things people suggest at other times - not alarm though) so keep holding out hope. He just said he was ready one day and only had one accident since then.

At that same time we started trying with our 5 year old girl because i was afraid we hadn't tried enough since then and after 3 weeks of accidents even with limited water and waking her up to pee in the middle of the night - she is back to Good NIghts.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s become very common for kids to need a night pull-up, just like a kid who might need eyeglasses or need braces, it’s just a normal part of growing up. Let him enjoy the sleepover.